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The room was mostly silent, the last vote had long since been casted in voting booths five and six of ward six. The poll workers kept checking their watches and wall clocks waiting for the five minutes to pass for the New York State mandated election poll closing time of 9 p.m.

The only remaining people inside of Electronic Body Arts were the four poll workers for each voting booth and the elderly shop owner waiting to lock up. The poll workers looked anxious to get and call in the voting results and go home.

"For us it was very high," said poll worker Joel Margolis, 64, in response to voter turnout at their poll. "It was 80%."

The other voting booth in Electronic Body Arts had a high voter turnout also, around 77%.

"Most people came to vote early," said Margolis. "Not a lot late, I think they wanted to avoid the lines."

 Once the clock turned to 9 p.m., there was a mad dash to the booths to record the votes. Around 15 minutes later the poll workers were starting to leave and talking to each other how they are going to go home sleep and watch the election coverage.

"We've been here since 5:30 a.m.," said Margolis with a long tired face.

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